Stanley Johnson, father of Sesalie Dixon, filed the original wrongful death case against Ware shortly after Dixon’s death in December 2016.

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https://www.wiscnews.com/bdc/news/local/crime-and-courts/money-to-be-split-in-wrongful-death-suit-against-murderer/article_9da07922-fc24-5acc-a8cb-60e4e24413cf.html